A poetic picture book biography about blind Black poet Myra Viola Wilds, written by the author of Brown: The Many Shades of LoveWhat dreams do you carry? Myra Viola Wilds dreamed of opportunity.She left her home in rural Kentucky for the city, learned to read and to write, and became a dressmaker. She hand-stitched gorgeous gowns. She worked so hard she lost her eyesight, and her world went dark. But those well-loved stitches turned into words, and...

From author Nancy Johnson James and illustrator Constance Moore, Brown: The Many Shades of Love is a picture book celebrating all the beautiful browns in one child’s colorful family.Mama’s brown is chocolate, clear, dark, and sweet. Daddy’s brown is autumn leaf, or like a field of wheat. Granny’s brown is like honey, and Papa’s like caramel. In this loving and lovely ode to the color brown, a boy describes the many beautiful hues of his family, including h...

In an emotional ode to the color blue—and the blues—from writer Nancy Johnson James and illustrator Constance Moore, the creators of Brown: The Many Shades of Love and Black: The Many Wonders of My World, The Many Ways I Feel features a colorful collage of watercolor and textile eye-catching art.Full of feeling and wonder, a child describes all the beautiful shades of blue they feel—from a pale winter sky to a bright ocean wave, from deep...

Black: The Many Wonders of My World is a celebration of the color black, from author Nancy Johnson James and artist Constance Moore, the team who created Brown: The Many Shades of Love.Black is a wonderful color. Black is special. It is true. It's the sky when the morning is new.In this loving and lovely ode to the color black, a girl describes the many wonders of her world—from the black of starry nights to her ...